Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Praising itself

On the 90th anniversary of its founding, the Communist Party of China is extolled in a Xinhua editorial by Wang Guanqun.

Communist Party of China will always strive forward

Ninety years after its formation, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has grown from an over 50-member revolutionary Party to an 80-million-strong political party ruling over the world's most populous country…

An emblem of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is seen surrounded by flowers on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, June 28, 2011. (Xinhua/Ren Zheng Lai)

[T]he CPC accomplished three major tasks in 90 years, which are national independence and the liberation of the people, the establishment of the basic system of socialism, and blazing the trail of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

The CPC turned an impoverished and backward China into the world's second largest economy…

History has proved that only the CPC can save China… The Chinese people followed the CPC in the cause of liberation and socialism, which is their choice and the only road for China's development.

The current situation has proved that socialism with Chinese characteristics, founded by the Chinese people under the CPC's leadership, is a path which is suited to China's conditions and complies with the world trend. The CPC, practical and realistic, is willing to emancipate the mind and keep pace with the times, which makes it able to go through difficult situations and overcome challenges.

The future will prove that the CPC will retain its vitality, and will lead the people in creating better lives. The CPC gains all its strength from the people, and it takes the people's most fundamental interests as the starting point and the object of its work. Such a party will have a bright future with the support of the people…